Bayern Munich and France midfielder Franck Ribery won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the 2012-2013 season on Thursday, beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by a big margin.
The first official test event for the Rio 2016 Olympics will be a sailing regatta in the city's Guanabara bay next August, local officials said on Thursday.
It took 2004 US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova nearly three hours to reach the third round on Thursday after beating Peng Shuai from China 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in a tough match.
Guo Jingjing, right, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong and their new baby pose for a group photo at a news conference in Hong Kong, on Aug 29, 2013. Guo gives birth to baby boy
NBA Houston Rockets star Jeremy Lin visits the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province on Aug 29, 2013.
A brace from Kevin-Prince Boateng and a goal from Mario Balotelli handed AC Milan a 3-0 win over PSV Eindhoven to seal the Italians' entry to the Champions League group stages on Wednesday.
Barcelona lifted the first silverware of the Spanish season on away goals after a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday night.
Former champion Juan Martin del Potro outslugged a gritty Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in a contentious four-set match to reach the second round of the US Open on Wednesday.
Tim Smyczek can be forgiven for his slow start at the US Open on Wednesday, given his courtesy car ran out of gas on the way to Flushing Meadows and he momentarily feared he would not make it to the court at all.
Venus Williams is going to have a lot more time to prepare for her upcoming tournaments in Asia than she really wanted, thanks to one of Asia's top players.
China's fifth-seeded Li Na breezed into the third round of the US Open - and a revenge rematch against Britain's Laura Robson - with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over 100th-ranked Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden on Wednesday.